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rmtab - remote mounted file system table
/etc/rmtab
/etc/rmtab maintains the list of client mount points between
server reboots. The list of client mount points can be
obtained by using the MOUNTPROC_DUMP remote procedure call,
or by using the UNIX showmount(1) command. When the server
successfully executes a mount request from a client, the
server appends a new entry to the file. When the client
issues an unmount request, the corresponding entry is marked
as unused. When the server reboots, unused entries are
deleted from the file.
Entries may become stale if clients crash without sending an
unmount request. The file may be removed before rebooting
the server in which case the server will lose information
about any active client mount entries on reboot.
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